Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter, the well known German painter, has created works that adhere to abstraction, realism and expressionism, but as a sum evade these definitions.
Gerhard Richter, the well known German painter, has created works that adhere to abstraction, realism and expressionism, but as a sum evade these definitions.
Tasmanian weather patterns and their seasonal effects on the landscape are subjects Philip Wolfhagen knows well.
Congratulations to Sally Anderson who has won the 2017 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. Speaking to the Sydney–based artist just moments after the announcement she said, “I’m a bit shocked. I knew I was in the top few, but I had no idea I was going to win! It’s an incredible opportunity.”
Ashleigh Garwood is drawn to dramatic landscapes: the frigid majesty of glaciers, the caldera of volcanoes, deep ruptures in the surface of the planet; places that have an otherworldly ambience.
Indigenous artist Yunkurra Billy Atkins has been awarded $30,000 for the Most Outstanding Work in the 2017 Hedland Art Awards for his large scale-work on paper work, Kumpupirntily, which combines political commentary with the Australian landscape.
Imagine an open-aired band rotunda filled with 38 upside-down snare drums, all hanging from the ceiling. With drumsticks hovering over the mirrored drum skins, the scene is a literal suspension of disbelief.
The prevalence of cheap, poor quality clothes, known as ‘fast fashion’, means turnover is swift and garments are discarded after only a few wears. Fast Fashion: The Dark Side of Fashion makes no bones about these facts.
In gardening and landscape design circles, Edna Walling (1895-1973) is considered royalty.
American artist Joseph Kosuth once said of his work, “All I make are models. The actual works of art are ideas.”
Sound, public spaces, collaboration and inclusivity are common hallmarks of the separate artworks created by Julian Day and Sasha Grbich, the two recipients of the 2018 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship from the University of South Australia.
The desperate days following the 1629 wreck of the Batavia are a nightmarish chapter in Western Australian history.
After Utopia: Revisiting the Ideal in Asian Contemporary Art, currently showing at the Samstag Museum of Art as part of this year’s OzAsia Festival, has been co-curated by Siuli Tan and Louis Ho from Singapore Art Museum (SAM)
Positioned on the edge of Sydney Harbour/Warrane, Ancient Feelings, a sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, launches the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, a three-year series of public artworks presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Georgie Mattingley’s exhibition Project Pine Gap explores the intelligence site Pine Gap, co-owned by the Australian Federal Government and the United States, questioning art’s capabilities and function within such institutions.
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2025 finalist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello has spent decades crafting an art practice that weaves together memory, heritage and form.
In the last 25 years, there have been few themes as omnipresent as the environment, especially when we look at Australian art. Join us as we revisit pieces from our archive that track artists’ ongoing fascination with the natural world and its changing landscape.
Healing: Art & Institutional Care, at La Trobe Art Institute, suggests a methodology on how galleries and exhibitions can repair complicated tensions.
New South Wales-based artist Sophie Cape, has won the Hadley’s Art Prize for 2025. The winning piece, alongside the 28 finalists, will be on display at Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart until 21 September.
